Upscale spas across the country have started offering programs to help guests get the drive of good sleep. Medical, spiritual and psychological approaches aim to teach people how to check in and chill out.

Abbie Kozolchyk of Body + Soul magazine shares with USA TODAY a mix of yoga retreats, spas, learning institutes and eco-lodges where the common thread, silence, "is less a requirement than a natural result of being there."

As AOL seeks to reinvent itself, several former executives from the heyday of its merger with Time Warner are also retooling in ways that could hardly be imagined five years ago when the blockbuster deal was announced.